i'm trying hard is a big. international peace envoy for syria and russia's foreign minister say the geneva agreement is the only difficult path to peace for syria. human rights around between the u.s. and russia results in sanctions and then an option bad sensitive cold war memories . and iran rolls out the big guns for a new exercises in the vital oil route in the strait of hormuz saying it wants to show it can defend itself of pressure mounts over its nuclear program. thus the pricey paris christmas lights while the crowds for millions of french in poverty there are dark days ahead.

from moscow twenty four hours a day this is. the situation in syria will only deteriorate unless a peace process is pursued by all sides say both the international envoy brahimi and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov after meeting in moscow where the two pointed out the geneva agreement earlier this year only suitable platform for a long and difficult journey to peace going off is following developments for us now you go what was the main message that. well both the international envoy on syria and russia's foreign minister were very united in the idea that there could be only a diplomatic solution to the conflict in syria without any foreign military

intervention and based on the agreements reached by world powers in geneva last summer was basically called both sides to simultaneously and immediately put their weapons down and start a political process actually according to brahimi syria has only two alternatives either a syrian led political process or hell. what we need to do is really work ceaselessly to put together that political process the core of that process and ghana as a surrogate lover has said it is and must be the geneva agreement than by kofi annan with the support of sergei lavrov. and all those who were present in geneva it is a valid basis for a reasonable political process that is that will help the people of syria out of

their of their problems. mr brahimi also added that it's very important to try to continue the work on converting this vision even communique of these agreements into a un resolution an attempt which was put forward earlier by russia but feels while mr brahimi says that this is no reason not to try again russia's foreign minister also said it was agreed for mistakes to pull out to you on monitors from syria and added that returning them to the country would be a good step forward towards a long awaited peace now both mr brahimi and said that the biggest obstacle in the way of putting the these agreements reached in geneva into real life are the absolute unwillingness of both sides both the authorities and the rebels to the weapons down and to get to the negotiations table actually said you also said that

the precondition that the opposition is constantly saying that i must step down and only after that they're ready to any kind of negotiations he said that these three conditions will only lead the situation. to a dead end and will not do anything constructive now. has returned from syria he met with the syrian president on monday and saw the situation there with his own eyes and there's speculation that they were discussing a peaceful transition of power which could include forming a transitional government involving all sides of the conflict however it's really unclear whether the opposition would go for that due to these preconditions meanwhile the violence in syria continues. have been more terrorist attacks over the week the rebels are also now targeting military airstrips while government

forces are also replying with the more shelling. ok your piskun off live in moscow thanks for that. iran has entered a new phrase in its naval war games in the strait of hormuz which is a vital oil shipping route the exercise involves warships submarines and jet fighters aims to show it around it can maintain its security in the region but iran earlier said it could block the strait effectively shutting off a fifth of world oil trade if it's attacked iran is feeling the pressure from the west as the u.s. and its allies had on sanctions over its nuclear program separately rich. diplomacy specialist she says iran and he wants to show it's capable of protecting its borders for the past thirty two years or more the west is simply united states is waged a covert war against iran so you want has been people hearing itself and demonstrating

. to defend it i don't believe that iran would ever take action if we see more naval. right now it's because the media is focusing on iran whereas in my. earlier this month there was operation lucky mariner with twenty seven countries participating. although a lot of them were of service and they were all the way in the persian in it was territory in the media was silent but when you run demonstrates his readiness to defend its sovereignty and its national interests then there is the media focus on iraq. and on the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens will come into effect on new year's day the bill containing the measure was signed into law by president putin on friday legislation also includes travel and financial sanctions for certain americans as well as further restrictions for noncommercial organizations working inside russia the law is in retaliation for

washington's list of russian officials. which one thinks to the death of listen again magnitsky in two thousand and nine russian studies and history professor steven cohen from mit new york and princeton university's says he's ever held an illusion is about the two countries or nations there's an old russian saying we're friends are also deeds a lot of people in moscow and in washington when they pass the magnitsky act and now the ban on adoption in moscow may have thought they were just talking showing off playing grandstanding politically as we say in america but these words have consequences they have bet very few all this new cold war atmosphere which is enveloping the relationship between our two countries it's going to affect american relations with russia regarding afghanistan regarding missile defense regarding syria regarding iran these are very serious matters obama has continued the policy

toward moscow begun by president clinton a democrat and continued by president bush a republican that policy is advancing nato toward russia's borders building missile defense on russia's borders interfering in russia's internal politics most recently the street demonstrations this is the same policy that began twenty years ago with the soviet union the fundamental american policy toward russia has not changed so it's ridiculous to call lama soft on moscow i mean just because two leaders get together as they always do and say we are friends it doesn't mean in reality yours is that the partnership we need between washington and moscow to make the world safer for all of us has not existed since the soviet union ended and we may be farther from it today today as a result partially of this orphanage then we have been in twenty years. well

forget anonymity there's one place you need id to use the internet that's china new rules in saying every web user must use their real name online we report that r.t. dot com. says christmas for christians is no longer about the birth of jesus to kill on santa either. for most people this week's festivities have meant a time for family decorations and the once a year spirit of goodwill in the air so spare a thought for those who have little to cheer such as the eleven million french people living in poverty. reports from the capital on whether the bright lights of leaving too many citizens in the dark. it is beyond any doubt that in the daytime paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world but after dark the french capital lives up to its other name the city of lights. many parisians regard the

launch of the christmas elimination as one of the most important events of any year . this year in central paris alone the famous show on solicit installing christmas lights wasn't cheap and christmas elimination because they're on a one million euros it shop on the shelves it is a is contributing to the christmas lighting depending on the number of trees they have in front of their of their shop eighty percent right money money from the day from the shops of the shows it easy for twenty percent this money of the city hall but the budget has gone up by a third across the whole country in a year where the average person has struggled financially the authorities say they're splashing out the extra millions to help people forget how little they have . there is crisis there is financial difficulty where the people have less money to spend so we have to create a festive atmosphere to give them back the will to buy and celebrate it's clear

that you're in crises in developed countries people tend to economize and spend less money so it's important to avoid this negative spiral of economy under courage people to go ahead and spend a bit. but what if you have nothing to spend françoise cares little about how her city looks or what the biggest christmas sale hits are for her the whole day is all about bringing her terminally ill daughter to numerous charity events over the festive period. but she came out my daughter has leave a cancer her medication is being paid by social security but i have to pay the doctor out of my own pocket we are poor and i cannot afford that it's unacceptable they spend so much money on beauty well we are neglected. and. there were hundreds like france was at this charity event a recent poll concerning poverty produced some shocking figures we just. we wanted to ask the french if they felt they were heading that way only eleven

percent of the french consider themselves being below the poverty line but thirty seven percent say they feel the are becoming poor the french feel that their country is slipping into decadence and social stratification is taking place. christmas is many things to many people some of the atmosphere or make you healthy you wrote for others it's about finding a means of survival regardless of the financial state that next year will be better than the previous and maybe those in peril now may join enjoying to speak truculently nation's next christmas looks the rush of ski reporting from paris. parties max kaiser is a man who lets no one off the hook for cultivating the gap between rich and poor is what coming up next on. africa is no stranger to exploitation and colonisation they've been ignored and they have developed some interesting products in the

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looking back at period over political challenges and the surge of public opinion that's how russians i might possibly describe be out here today in our series looking at what happened in twenty twelve we focus on the boost of political energy in russia. presidential election twenty three cameras up on this roof correspondents throughout moscow and i mean you come across lines throughout the night there's

a great noise. of the real color was right behind us was me but but so one point when putin came out to show me like crowds way past the doom of the thousands and thousands of people i was so celebrating his victory one of the main points the unprecedented protests that took place up to that election and protest rallies that never really feels like we're actually taking part in the event it was during one of the massive protests rallies in moscow square really fifty for the first time when i saw the crowd walking it's easy to park right next to ours in another station and i realized how soon was people. really turned uncontrollable or was second and they'll come in just as easily. really quickly of people trying to get political points in the past twelve months. the best way to do that would be a bag on your head. in a cathedral the one thing that was important to get across covering it is people's

political flavors in this country the fact was that what they did was deeply offensive to a huge number of people not something that. when they were looking at the case. when you made a press release dowd's our interview with president putin the first that he's ever given us he's a third inauguration we see dozens and dozens of calls from international media representatives and they were all asking us just one question did he say anything about it was the right case the thing is in fact the more challenging it is gauging the conversation would be of course not. the big list in my head i want to hear about his thoughts on the ongoing syrian conflict also whether the punishment of the pussy riot punk was indeed with hindsight maybe too heavy and some interesting comments to make about that what he thought about the russian opposition movement one of our big stories of the year the streets are available for protests. and i think it's good that people are conscious about politics not politics is not

a big deal among most people here in this country would want to be going to change elected only be good for society and i think the reality would relatively well. the world is still none the wiser as to whether america can wrestle a solution to its imminent fiscal cliff which could have far reaching ramifications president obama has charged democratic and republican senate leaders with finding a compromise to the budget impasse on a raft of tax hikes and social spending cuts come into force automatically on new year's day if the two political parties are held to find a way forward obama says he will call a vote in congress to stop the tax rises if you can't come to agreement. thirty three year old victim of a refrig gang rape on a bus that triggered a violent protest in india has died in singapore hospital in new delhi gatherings of more than five people have been banned in many parts of the city one peaceful

city and was allowed to go ahead before it is also closed to metro stations in stock cars from accessing some main roads and to supply possible protests. italy's outgoing prime minister says he will lead a coalition of centrist parties into febreze parliamentary elections mario monti has not ruled out a return as head of state should the alliance be successful he resigned earlier this month after his government lost its majority in the country's deepening recession. where fast approaching. night of fun the fall works in festivities a fair few of us for those have been making some resolutions for twenty thirty and one half of this has been hearing some of the wishful thinking in new york.

it's that time of year again when we all make resolutions for the new year so what's your best this week let's talk about bet the same as always to lose weight lottery looking for two in the mega millions that year so you're going to win the lottery and you're going to lose weight and neither of these things are going to happen exactly could just be. kinder gentler and more giving how do you do that new york city i live in cincinnati i've been reading about i want to eat song going to do it this time and why didn't you eat better and twenty twelve no i mean i read a book about fasting fasting for two days a week so that's what i'm going to get that's not going to work here is resolution eat less muffins you know. to take care of myself better eat less muffin no muffins are great push against it use the gym that's what it usually is which is

unusual three are. you going to make the same one that you break from like you think a lot of people do that yeah exactly not to be so hard on myself joy life that's a good one it's kind of like the anti resolution more like i'm just going to relax a little but. that's probably when you can stick to your but why don't you start now because i crave cigarettes a lot you still have them so you're going to smoke i'm yeah and once you don't have any more throughout a current of cigarettes you're going to smoke your brains out until january first yeah and so january first if you do decide to make a new year's resolution. for two thousand and thirteen the bottom line is you're probably not going to keep it so why not just resolve to try to be a better you every day of the year happy new year.

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the little one of the jews have you ever seen anything like that. so last week i had the great pleasure of having academy award winning director oliver stone and historian peter because they're on the show they were here to talk about their new showtime series and book called the untold history of the united states but the part you didn't see is the discussion we had after that interview which i got their opinion on obama's policies the current state of play and united states take a look. this. it took both of you four years to produce this series and almost almost five. and you have a chapter called obama management of a wounded and prior where you give a harsh critique of the obama administration what in your eyes has been the most troubling aspects of his presidency over. well i think the under the disguise of.